Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

Definition

Move or install homes or prefabricated buildings.

2004 employment: 15,000
Projected 2004-14 employment change: More slowly than average
Most significant source of postsecondary education or training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Manufactured building and mobile home installers

2004 employment: 15,000
2014 projected employment: 16,000
Change — numeric: 1,000; percent: 7.9%
2004 median annual earnings: $23,350; earnings group: low
2004 self-employed: 17.0%
2004 part-time employment: very low
2004 unemployment: very high
Typical education and training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
Educational attainment — high school: 68.3%; some college: 25.6%; bachelor's degree: 6.1%

source: Employment Matrix; about this section

National Average and Percentile Annual Earnings, May 2005

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about this section

May 2005 Mean Annual Earnings and Employment, wage and salary workers

Manufactured building and mobile home installers
— National
U.S.:	$25,070
— by State
AL:	$25,530
AZ:	$22,780
AR:	$21,730
CA:	$25,240
CO:	$31,530
DE:	$25,410
FL:	$28,520
GA:	$23,620
IL:	$25,600
IN:	$29,230
IA:	$24,980
KS:	$24,000
KY:	$26,760
LA:	$28,110
ME:	$26,790
MD:	$28,910
MI:	$28,970
MN:	$26,500
MS:	$20,760
MO:	$20,920
MT:	$25,740
NE:	$24,040
NH:	$33,060
NM:	$21,070
NY:	$23,850
NC:	$26,500
ND:	$23,530
OH:	$23,230
OK:	$20,650
OR:	n.a.
PA:	$24,900
SC:	$26,770
SD:	$25,710
TN:	$29,120
TX:	$21,640
VT:	$31,550
VA:	$22,880
WA:	$33,650
WV:	$17,610
WI:	$26,280
WY:	$27,520
— by NAICS Industry Sector
23	$23,960
31-33	$27,130
42	$35,940
44-45	$24,420
48-49	$23,030
53	$26,690
Also see State and Metropolitan Area and industry estimates of employment and percentile earnings for manufactured building and mobile home installers.

Width of bars indicates mean annual wages; color of bars indicates employment.

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about this section

1999 employment and earnings distribution, year-round full-time workers

Manufactured building and mobile home installers

	Percentile earnings distribution
	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th
All workers employment: 13,820 average earnings: $28,000	$12,000	$18,000	$24,000	$34,000	$48,000
Men employment: 13,300 average earnings: $28,000	$12,000	$18,000	$25,000	$34,000	$48,000
Women employment: 510 average earnings: $27,000	$10,000	$16,000	$22,000	$35,000	$50,000

source: Bureau of the Census; about this section

2004 Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and event or exposure

Occupation	Fatalities: Event or exposure
Occupation	Total	Tran.	Viol.	Cont.	Falls	Expo.	Fires
Manufactured building and mobile home installers	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Program; about this section

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